Description: This southern man prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Miner and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'10" when asserting herself. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Carter, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and doesn't want to be a carter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 220 gp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She's also a talented Bricklayer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. She keeps her white fur in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Butcher and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Hunter abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. Amber (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks, and carries hammers. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Yebe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by chocolates. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She takes great joy in being the best Masseuse in town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 17000 cp.